Climate averages 1991–2020
Tauranga weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Tauranga: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamilton, New Zealand (78 km away). In December its highs average 20.5°C, about as warm as Tauranga, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Tauranga ranks joint 4th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 19.1°C; Tauranga is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 86 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Tauranga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 86 | 9.6 | 14.414 h |
| February | 22.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 97 | 8.4 | 13.514 h |
| March | 20.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 96 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| April | 18.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 117 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 113 | 9.9 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 129 | 10.7 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 133 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 117 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| September | 14.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 112 | 12.0 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 96 | 12.0 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 89 | 10.5 | 14.114 h |
| December, selected | 20.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 112 | 11.9 | 14.715 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Hamilton, New Zealand in DecemberNew Zealand · 78 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Manukau City in DecemberNew Zealand · 137 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Auckland in DecemberNew Zealand · 155 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in DecemberNew Zealand · 225 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 63 mm rain
- New Plymouth in DecemberNew Zealand · 238 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Palmerston North in DecemberNew Zealand · 301 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in DecemberNew Zealand · 407 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Wellington in DecemberNew Zealand · 418 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 65 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tauranga) is explained once on the Tauranga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.